This Is How To Use Instagram Stories To Your Advantage

This Is How To Use Instagram Stories To Your Advantage

Since its launch back in 2016, Instagram Stories has been nothing but a success in helping brands to connect to millions of users all over the globe. Stories provide an effortless way to encourage user engagement through a fun and innovative way. To put it simply, an...

National Institute for Social Media Partners with Logic Institute to Offer Social Media Strategists (SMS) Certification Preparation

  Social media is a communications channel that we use on a daily basis for personal and professional connections. Knowing how to utilize this channel has become a skill that, when done well, contributes to the growth of businesses all around the world. The...
Snapchat is for Business, Not Just Food and Selfies

Snapchat is for Business, Not Just Food and Selfies

Through our partnership with St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, we meet extremely talented MBA students and social media marketing professionals. One of their assignments in our course is to blog on an area of social media that they found most interesting or learned...
4 Ways Small Businesses Can Use Social Media to Their Advantage

4 Ways Small Businesses Can Use Social Media to Their Advantage

From that little German bakery in Minneapolis that reminds me of my time studying abroad to that small specialty store that always has the coolest gifts for my friends, I just love supporting small businesses. There’s something to be said for the challenging work it...
Thank You Educators

Thank You Educators

It is Teacher Appreciation Week and at the National Institute for Social Media (NISM) we are so grateful for our amazing educators. Teaching can often be a thankless job, but our educators continue to show up, share their knowledge and expertise, and challenge...